Tracy Rider
Compassionate, practical therapy grounded in collaboration
LMHC New York
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Tracy
Tracy Rider is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with a decade of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She draws on a range of therapeutic models to tailor treatment to each person’s needs, emphasizing respect, sensitivity, and a collaborative stance that honors the client’s story and strengths. Her work also addresses related concerns such as attachment difficulties, chronic pain and illness, communication challenges, dissociation, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress, and issues connected to pregnancy and women’s health.
Tracy uses approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, EMDR, Gottman Method, and Narrative Therapy to build practical skills, process traumatic memories, and explore meaning and relationships. Clients can expect a steady, empowerment-focused clinician who values paced progress and client autonomy.
She balances clinical training with lived experience, and she frames therapy as a partnership that supports growth, clearer direction, and increased resilience.
Approaches for Online Work and How They Help
Tracy integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and develop concrete coping skills for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to support processing of traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity, often helpful for those with trauma or abuse histories. Existential Therapy is another part of her practice, inviting exploration of meaning, values, and life choices when people face transitions or questions about purpose and identity.Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. Tracy works with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting focus as therapy progresses so the plan stays practical and responsive.
Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, health, or mobility concerns, and they allow for ongoing skill practice and support between scheduled sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English